Austin Thomas leaving LSU

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John Brice is reporting that Austin Thomas is not staying on at LSU with Kiffin. There's been a lot of talk about if/when UT add an official GM role to the staff. If that's something they're going to actually do, this would be the time to do it and bring him back.
 
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That didn't last long. Plane ride down on Sunday. Car ride back on Thursday.
 
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GVF said:
That didn't last long. Plane ride down on Sunday. Car ride back on Thursday.
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Thomas was already at LSU. He wasn’t at Ole Miss the past few seasons… Kiffin didn’t bring him with him to LSU this past weekend.
 
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Volfan8282 said:
Thomas was already at LSU. He wasn’t at Ole Miss the past few seasons… Kiffin didn’t bring him with him to LSU this past weekend.
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Then maybe he made a phone call Sunday night and said I don't want to deal with this crap, you got an opening? lol.
 
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GVF said:
Then maybe he made a phone call Sunday night and said I don't want to deal with this crap, you got an opening? lol.
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Yeah certainly possible. He’s familiar with Ole Miss. He and Kiffin may have parted ways in 2023 on not great terms. Who knows.
 
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Not quite sure why the hype around him is so big:

Left Knoxville with Lane for USC just to struggle for three years.
Then went to LSU for the disastrous end of the Les Miles era.
Leaves LSU and LSU wins the national championship.
Goes to A&M where they sign the historically worst #1 recruiting class of all time. Then to Dave Aranda's Baylor, struggles.
Then to Ole Miss and the year after he leaves they have the best season in program history.
And finally back to LSU for two difficult years resulting in a coach getting fired.

Don't quite understand why you would want this guy as the guy.
 
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V04L said:
Not quite sure why the hype around him is so big:

Left Knoxville with Lane for USC just to struggle for three years.
Then went to LSU for the disastrous end of the Les Miles era.
Leaves LSU and LSU wins the national championship.
Goes to A&M where they sign the historically worst #1 recruiting class of all time. Then to Dave Aranda's Baylor, struggles.
Then to Ole Miss and the year after he leaves they have the best season in program history.
And finally back to LSU for two difficult years resulting in a coach getting fired.

Don't quite understand why you would want this guy as the guy.
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Under this scenario, it appears he did a great job if the team did great "after" he built it and left to build another team. From all accounts the guy is really good at his job, and I believe UT could benefit by hiring him. I think Charlie High currently has the "GM" title at UT.
 
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Batman1948 said:
Under this scenario, it appears he did a great job if the team did great "after" he built it and left to build another team. From all accounts the guy is really good at his job, and I believe UT could benefit by hiring him. I think Charlie High currently has the "GM" title at UT.
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Different era of college football. The teams who succeeded after he left all were portal heavy teams (LSU and Ole Miss) who were two plus years removed from his departure.
 
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Nouveaux said:
John Brice is reporting that Austin Thomas is not staying on at LSU with Kiffin. There's been a lot of talk about if/when UT add an official GM role to the staff. If that's something they're going to actually do, this would be the time to do it and bring him back.
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UT has a GM he just doesn't have GM title but it is the role he plays. Its Billy High..
 
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V04L said:
Not quite sure why the hype around him is so big:

Left Knoxville with Lane for USC just to struggle for three years.
Then went to LSU for the disastrous end of the Les Miles era.
Leaves LSU and LSU wins the national championship.
Goes to A&M where they sign the historically worst #1 recruiting class of all time. Then to Dave Aranda's Baylor, struggles.
Then to Ole Miss and the year after he leaves they have the best season in program history.
And finally back to LSU for two difficult years resulting in a coach getting fired.

Don't quite understand why you would want this guy as the guy.
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His recruiting results are fine. The coaches have to get the most out of the talent. We were absolutely abysmal with Pruitt here, yet with those same players we were competitive in a couple years with Heupel. It’s not all about talent
 
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rocytop2624 said:
What's his title? And what's a college GM do?
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Executive Director of Football Management. I can't speak to specifically what Billy does. GMs at the college level help coaching staffs with managing roster spots and budgets. UT has a recruiting staff for high school / JC players and a staff that reviews and assesses portal players. Not sure Billy is over those staffs or just works with the coaching staff on the roster / budget. Coaching staff makes scholarship offers and takes commitments, not the GMs. Really think budget oversite would be their major role.. JMO
 
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V04L said:
Not quite sure why the hype around him is so big:

Left Knoxville with Lane for USC just to struggle for three years.
Then went to LSU for the disastrous end of the Les Miles era.
Leaves LSU and LSU wins the national championship.
Goes to A&M where they sign the historically worst #1 recruiting class of all time. Then to Dave Aranda's Baylor, struggles.
Then to Ole Miss and the year after he leaves they have the best season in program history.
And finally back to LSU for two difficult years resulting in a coach getting fired.

Don't quite understand why you would want this guy as the guy.
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Wasn't there some riff here on something he said?..Several posts I've seen aren't saying much nice things about him. Lol
 
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V04L said:
Not quite sure why the hype around him is so big:

Left Knoxville with Lane for USC just to struggle for three years.
Then went to LSU for the disastrous end of the Les Miles era.
Leaves LSU and LSU wins the national championship.
Goes to A&M where they sign the historically worst #1 recruiting class of all time. Then to Dave Aranda's Baylor, struggles.
Then to Ole Miss and the year after he leaves they have the best season in program history.
And finally back to LSU for two difficult years resulting in a coach getting fired.

Don't quite understand why you would want this guy as the guy.
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You make him sound like the Flying Dutchman.
 
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